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Seems to just say that entrepreneurs are finding the Austin tech crowd to be lackluster. Though this was funny:

> We've seen one big shift away, and that was Oracle. So they moved from California to Texas during post-pandemic era, and now they've moved to Nashville.

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> Austin tech crowd to be lackluster

Is this codeword for the tech crowd expects salaries in US dollars?

Can't imagine why skilled migrant workers arent flocking to red states.

That stuck out to me, as well. How crappy must it be for your company to unexpectedly lift and shift people across the country twice in half a decade? Or are they firing people and hiring new ones?

It's Oracle, I can only assume that hostility to their employees is part of the package, since it seems to be their default state towards everyone else :P

Cue the presentation YouTube vid.

which one?

This is the video and timestamp where Bryan Cantrill goes off about how awful oracle is. It's kinda famous around here. https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc&t=35m30s

Find more discussion about it by searching for "oracle lawn mower"

They didn't lift and shift many employees. These are primarily legal changes. Safra Catz is still in California (as are most senior execs), Ellison in Hawaii.

Aren't these just openings of new campuses i.e. expansion and they label 1 their "HQ"

MAANGs did passive-aggressive layoffs by requiring RTO and relocation to major metros.

I was born in San Jose and lived on the SF peninsula for most of my life. The tech scene of ATX compared to SF-SV isn't comparable at all.

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